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Hokusai's most famous works

The top 3 according to 24 votes from people: Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji) · Kajikazawa in Kai Province · Kirifuri Waterfall at Mount Kurokami. (Updated Jul 7, 2019.)

From the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji to the Hokusai Manga: the masterpieces most often named by ukiyo-e guides and art media.

moviejunkie_wandering · · 17 items · 24 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 17

  1. 1

    Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji)

    Fuji glowing red at dawn; one of the series' three great prints.

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    2
  2. 2

    Kajikazawa in Kai Province

    A fisherman casting his net from a rock beneath a misty Fuji.

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    2
  3. 3

    Kirifuri Waterfall at Mount Kurokami

    The Kirifuri falls splitting into many streams.

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    2
  4. 4

    Dragon Flying over Mount Fuji

    1849, painted in the year of his death: a dragon rising past Fuji in dark clouds.

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    2
  5. 5

    Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō

    Travellers and Fuji seen through a row of pines.

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    2
  6. 6

    The Great Wave off Kanagawa

    c. 1831. A huge wave and a tiny Fuji: the most famous Japanese image in the world.

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    1
  7. 7

    Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit

    Clear sky at the top, lightning below; the third of the three great prints.

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    1
  8. 8

    Fujimigahara in Owari Province

    A tiny Fuji framed inside a cooper's giant barrel.

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    1
  9. 9

    Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō

    From the waterfalls series, with its striking round crest.

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    1
  10. 10

    The Ghost of Oiwa (One Hundred Ghost Tales)

    A face in a paper lantern; the best-known print of his ghost series.

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    1
  11. 11

    The Plate Mansion (One Hundred Ghost Tales)

    Okiku's ghost rising from the well.

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    1
  12. 12

    Chōshi in Shimōsa (A Thousand Pictures of the Sea)

    Fishing boats tossed by rough waves, from his fishing series.

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    1
  13. 13

    The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō

    A bridge suspended among clouds, from his famous bridges series.

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    1
  14. 14

    Five Beauties

    A hand-painted picture of five women in different fashions.

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    1
  15. 15

    Ejiri in Suruga Province

    A sudden gust sends papers and hats flying.

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    0
  16. 16

    Phoenix Ceiling at Ganshō-in

    The ceiling painting at Ganshō-in temple in Obuse; a late masterpiece.

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    -1
  17. 17

    Hokusai Manga

    First volume 1814. Sketchbooks of people and animals, 15 volumes in all.

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    -2

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Daisuke Fujita · 日本語

赤富士が神奈川沖浪裏より上じゃないのは納得いかない。実物見たら絶対赤富士でしょ

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